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Seems oddly low. I know the US is notorious for low speeds, but 3.35 Mbps for Google fiber? Does their measurement actually measure what I intuitively think measures? I've used two…

When I've been involved with a public university there are lots of disclaimers and notices that stuff done via University email is not private and isn't subject to requirements for…

Probably people buying from their Android devices being counted under the 'Linux' flag?

...on the other hand nothing is patent free these days. If the diaphragm were invented today we'd all be getting our lungs ripped out for patent infringement.

I agree with. The only problems I've ever had with it have turned out to either be problems with the actual hardware or problems with the clients, not problems with Pulse Itself. I…

Personally, I think the 'no sales' thing could have worked if their prices were lower. The couple of times I've been in a JCPenney since this started everything was depressingly ex…

So I'll agree with many of the commentators that several of the practices suggested aren't 'ideal.' However, they are easy and possibly better than having no 'practice' at all. Jus…

I only play one or two games from most of the bundles, though every bundle I've gotten has had one or two that made it worth it. And like most other Linux users I've usually paid a…

I think it's more likely that Linux will end up having a small performance benefit over Windows all other things being equal.

Do the videos work? Did you follow the 'special' instructions to install the 'special' version of Flash that will work with Steam? Because I sure didn't, and so no videos in the St…

I can't use vim effectively because I constantly try to navigate using WASD. I know I can bind it, but the thought of rebinding every command and then being dependent on towing the…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermae_Romae Apparently they could build bath amazing bath houses because of time traveling to modern Japan.

I mostly remember college careers fairs as a place where big companies tried to get you to apply for their internships. Microsoft and Google and such usually had their own separate…

Nope, because mega-corps only do internships or '3-5 years' experience.

I really think that this game could use some people from the demoscene to create emergent algorithmic graphics for it. It seems like it'd be a good match.

Maybe you should focus on finding smart people (if you actually pay decently and are located somewhere somebody in their right mind would want to live) and then consider training t…

Probably you paid off a good agency in India to fix you up with jobs, then. You're right that it's a little more complicated. A family friend is here from India on some kind of vis…

There may be some body shops with incompetent people, but I think there are plenty of competent H1-B holders. The proper framing is that their visa can be held over their head to e…

I think the way H1-B visa holders are basically beholden chattel to a specific enterprise is especially repugnant. Anyone who reads through job listings for engineers (all types, a…

It seems odd that his whole file would be an entire 23 pages in its entirety, and amount to 21 releasable pages without a single page relating in any way to anything other than pub…

The comment was referencing the fact that you can make a gun for yourself without a serial number as long as you don't sell it or do anything with it that is defined as 'transfer.'…

Yes, the fact the article refers to > than 1k (but still not terribly expensive) printers using 'advanced polymer' instead of ABS makes it yet another article about using pure ABS …

Just thinking about the author bringing up metrics and aligning motivation, it might be possible do both across multiple departments by having moderate bonuses based on customer re…

You could just take the obvious shortcut and rate them all as 'D's or 'F's, because you know they pretty much all will be 'D's or 'F's.

So it is possible to say something similar while maintaining journalistic integrity. Surprise surprise. This is journalism. Broder's sloppy crap was not. Note the real issue, not t…